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Reconsidering the Third Wave of Democratization estorIl estorIl POlitical POlitical fOrum 2O14 fOrum XXII InternatIonal annual MeetIng In PolItIcal StudIeS XXII InternatIonal annual MeetIng In PolItIcal StudIeS estorIl POlitical 2O14 fOrum 2O14 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 11-13 XXII InternatIonal annual MeetIng In PolItIcal StudIeS 7th IEP/UCP SEmInar at thE EUroPEan ParlIamEnt, JUNE 23-25, 2014 BRUSSELS-LISBON-ESTORIL BrusselS In assoCIatIon wIth EUROPaEUm POLICY MAKING AT THE EU LEVEL Host: Paulo Rangel MEP Program Director: Henrique Burnay, IEP-UCP FEBRUARY 11 14.00-15.30 PANEL 1 “TTIP, A NEW BRIDGE FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC GAP?” Chair: André AZEVEDO ALVES , IEP/UCP Discussants: Marcel CLAES, Chief Executive American Chamber of Commerce • Justine KORWEK, Policy Director, Transatlantic Business Council • Thomas BOUÉ, Director, Business Software Alliance • Reinhard QUICK, Chairman of the working group on FTAs of BUSINESSEUROPE 16.00-18.30 PANEL 2 “DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE UNDER THE LISBON TREATY” Keynote speaker: Paulo RANGEL, MEP, Portugal 20.00 Welcome GrOUP DINNEr Paulo Rangel MEP · João Carlos Espada Director, IEP/UCP · Paul Flather BruSSELS BELGIUM LiSboN PORTUGAL ESToriL PORTUGAL Secretary General, EUROPAEUM IN ASSOCIATION WITH Reconsidering the Third FEBRUARY 12 EUROPAEUM Oxford, UK INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS EMPRESARIAIS Porto Alegre, Brazil 09.00-10.30 PANEL 3 “THE EU AND THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD” Chair: João PEREIRA COUTINHO, IEP/UCP INTERNATIONAL Forum for DEMOCRATIC STUDIES Washington D.C., USA JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY Krakow, Poland Wave of Democratization Discussants: Chris KENDALL, Team Leader Southern Caucasus • EEAS KIng’s CoLLEGE London, UK PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CaTHOLIC UNIVERSITY Budapest, Hungary Nadya TSOK, Deputy Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU • ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY London, UK UNIVERSITY OF CoLORADO AT BOULDER, USA György SCHÖPFLIN, MEP, EPP, Hungary, Member of the Committee on UNIVERSIDADE CaTÓLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE Mozambique Foreign Affairs • Nicolas ROUGY, Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy YEARS 10.45-12.30 PANEL 4 “THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS AND THE NEXT EU YEARS COMMISSION” ConVEnorS Resident SCholarS Portuguese Fall oF the Chair: Henrique BURNAY, IEP/UCP revolution 1974 Berlin Wall 1989 Discussants: Sonia PIEDRAFITA, Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy JOãO CArlos Espada HUGO Chelo 4O 25 Studies · Roland FREUDENSTEIN, Deputy Director and Head of Research, Centre Director, IEP-UCP and Editor, Nova Cidadania, Lisbon IEP Vice Director for European Studies · Ania SKRZYPEK, Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for European Progressive Studies ANTHONY O’HEAr Director, Royal Institute of Philosophy and ANDré AzEVEDO Alves • EUGéNIA GAMboa 14.00-15.30 REPER Portuguese Permanent Representation to the EU hosted by the Editor, Philosophy, London • HOrsT MEWEs University of Colorado HENrIqUE bUrnay • Ivone MOrEIrA AMBASSADOR DOMINGOS FEZAS VITAL, Permanent Representative, Portugal at Boulder, USA • MArC F. Plattner Editor, Journal of Democracy, JOãO PErEIrA COUTINHO • JOsé TOMAz CAstello and Director IFDS, Washington D.C. • Paul Flather Secretary 16.15-17.30 PANEL 5 “EU-AFRICA: A FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP?” Chair: Filipa Brigola IEP/UCP General, EUROPAEUM, London • Raymond PLANT King’s College, branco • LíVIA Franco • MIGUEL MonjarDINO Discussants: Elizabeth Simbrão, Ambassador of Angola to the EU · Obadiah House of Lords, London • sUsAN sHELL Boston College, Boston MIGUEL MOrgado • Mónica DIAs TIsCHLEr MAILAFIA, Head of Office to the Secretary-General of the ACP Group · Gerardus NUNO Sampaio • OrLANDO SamõEs GIELEN, DG Development and Cooperation of the European Commission · José COSTA PEREIRA, Head of Unit Pan-African affairs at EEAS Rita sEAbrA brito Program Director RaqUEL VAz Pinto • sóNIA rIbEIrO 17.45-18.30 PANEL 6 “WORKING GROUP SESSION ON SEMINAR TOPICS” Chair: Paul FLATHER, Secretary-General Europaeum, University of Oxford · Richard CORBETT, Adviser to President of the European Council Herman van universidade instituto de Rompuy · Alain SERVANTIE, Retired official of the European Commission SORS católica estudos N políticos media partNer: portuguesa FEBRUARY 13 SPO nato Day Reconsidering the Third YEARS YEARS Portuguese Fall oF the Wave of Democratization 4O revolution 1974 25 Berlin Wall 1989 20.00 OPENING DINNER João Pereira Coutinho BrEaK-oUt sESSION iI 16.00-17.30 EUROPAEUM SPECIAL DEBATE estorIl ESTORIL brONIsLAW GErEMEK MEMORIAL DINNER IEP-UCP and Correio da Manhã, Host: Raquel Vaz Pinto “DOEs rUSSIA rEMAIN A DANGEr TO THE Host: Isabel Capeloa Gil Vice Rector, UCP, Lisbon Lisbon; Folha de São Paulo, Brazil IEP-UCP, Lisbon Chair WOrLD 25 YEArs AFTEr THE COLLAPsE JUNE 23 Chair: Bronislaw Misztal Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Lisbon Leonidas Zelmanovitz José Tomaz Castello- OF THE sOVIET EMPIrE?” Speaker: Adam Daniel Rotfeld Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Liberty Fund, Indianopolis Branco IEP-UCP, Lisbon POlitical 14.00 Welcome Desk Registration Host: Nuno Sampaio Adviser to the President of the Portuguese Speaker* from IEE Brazil Speakers: TBA Republic; IEP-UCP, Lisbon Chair: Paul Flather Mansfield College, Oxford University fOrum 15.00-15.30 OPENING SESSION Experts: Hugo Chelo IEP-UCP, Lisbon Host: Maria da Glória Garcia Rector, UCP, Lisbon JUNE 24 20.00 WINsTON CHUrCHILL Mónica Dias, IEP-UCP, Lisbon MEMORIAL DINNER XXII InternatIonal annual MeetIng Chair: Pedro Norton* CEO, Impresa and Chairman, 10.00-11.30 “POrTUGAL’s In PolItIcal StudIeS IEP Strategic Council, Lisbon DEMOCrATIC TrANsITION” In association with the British Historical Society of Portugal, International rOUND TAbLE OPEN DISCUSSION Guest Speaker: Carlos Carreiras Mayor, Cascais Host: Eduardo Marçal Grilo Member of the Board, Churchill Society of Portugal, Oxford Society of Portugal and IEP Alumni Discussants: David Dinis* Observador, Lisbon Welcome Address: João Carlos Espada Director, IEP-UCP and Editor, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Host: Clive Gilbert* Chairman, President of the British Historical Henrique Monteiro Expresso, Lisbon Nova Cidadania, Lisbon Chair: Zita Seabra President, Aletheia Editores, Lisbon Society of Portugal José Manuel Fernandes* Observador, Lisbon Speakers: Manuel Braga da Cruz FCH-UCP and IEP-UCP, Lisbon Chair: Jill Gallard British Ambassador in Lisbon Martim Avillez Figueiredo* COO Impresa, Lisbon 2O14 15.30-16.30 “25 YEArs AFTEr Pedro Magalhães ICS-UL, Lisbon Speaker: Lord Plant of Highfield King’s College and House of Lords, London THE FALL OF THE bErLIN WALL” Rui Ramos ICS, UL and IEP-UCP, Lisbon 18.00-19.00 FAITH AND LIbErTY LIFETIME Host: João Salgueiro Former Minister of Finance and IEP-UCP Host: Pe. Tolentino Mendonça* Vice Rector, UCP, Lisbon Chair: Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins President, 11.30-12.00 Coffee BREAK Chair: Alejandro Chafuen President, Atlas E. R. Foundation, Washington The Court of Auditors, Lisbon JUNE 25 D.C.; Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Speakers: Bronislaw Misztal Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Lisbon Award Recipient: TBA 10.00 - 11.30 “THE E.U. AFTEr THE PArLIAMENTArY 12.00-13.15 “POrTUGAL’s DEMOCrATIC FUTUrE“ Presented by: TBA Jozef Adamec Ambassador of the Slovak Republic in Lisbon ELECTION: THE CHOICEs AHEAD” Norbert Konkoly Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary in Lisbon ROUND TABLE With the presence: Monsenhor João Evangelista* Founder of ACEGE, Host: Diogo Lucena Nova SBE-UNL, Lisbon Christian Association of Entrepreneures · Maria Barroso President, Stanislav Kázecký Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Lisbon Host: Fernando Adão da Fonseca Chair, Unicre, Lisbon Chair: António Barreto* CEO, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Lisbon Pro Dignitate, Former President, Portuguese Red Cross · Mário Pinto* Chair: Nuno Severiano Teixeira Vice Rector UNL, Lisbon Speakers: Paulo Rangel MEP IEP-UCP, Lisbon 16.30-16.45 TEA BREAK Discussants: André Azevedo Alves IEP-UCP, Lisbon John O’Sullivan* Director of the Danube Institute, Budapest Miguel Morgado Political Adviser to the Prime Minister, IEP-UCP, Lisbon Eduardo Nolla Rector Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid João Cardoso Rosas ILCH-Universidade do Minho, Braga and IEP-UCP 19.00-20.00 TBA 16.45-17.45 OPEN DIsCUSSION ROUND TABLE José Gomes André UBI, Covilhã e IEP-UCP, Lisbon Host: Discussants: Anthony O’Hear Director, Royal Institute of Philosophy, Editor, 11.30-12.00 Coffee BREAK Chair: Philosophy, London 13.15-15.15 rAYMOND ArON MEMORIAL LUNCH Speaker: Clifford Orwin Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Host: Manuela Franco Director, Instituto Diplomático, Lisbon sINGLE FArEs PRICE PER PERSON Horst Mewes* University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Chair: Jean-François Blarel* Ambassador of France in Portugal 12.00-13.15 AFrICA Marc F. Plattner Editor, Journal of Democracy, Director, IFDS, Washington DC 20.00-20.30 GrOUP PHOTO sESSION TUITION Speaker: Catherine Marshall Sciences Po Grand Paris Host: Adriano Moreira Professor Emeritus, IEP-UCP, Lisbon Paul Flather Mansfield College, Oxford University AND GArDEN COCKTAIL The fee includes tuition, documentation and coffee breaks Chair: Sónia Ribeiro IEP-UCP Lord Plant of Highfield King’s College and House of Lords, London Speakers: Pe. Alberto Ferreira Rector, UCM, Mozambique 3 day attendance 75€ · 1 day attendance 35€ Susan Shell Boston College, USA 16.00-17.30 “CENTrAL EUrOPE: 25 YEArs AFTEr THE FALL OF THE bErLIN WALL“ Manuel de Araújo Mayor, Quelimane, Mozambique 20.30 KONrAD ADENAUEr mEmorIal DInnEr IEP STUDENTS Discussant: Elisabete Azevedo Harman* Fellow, Chatham House, Host: José Manuel Moreira IEP-UCP Host: Maria da Glória Garcia* Rector,
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